The women's shot put field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7. Nadezhda Chizhova was very disappointed with her bronze medal finish in 1968 Olympics. She has won the (1966, 1969 and the 1971) European Athletics Championships. Since 1968 she has broken the world record six times. The only threat for the gold medal came from Margitta Gummel the defending Olympic Champion.

Records Standing records prior to the 1972 Summer OlympicsWorld record 21.68 m May 19, 1972 Moscow, Soviet UnionOlympic record 19.68 m October 20, 1968 Mexico City, MexicoBroken records during the 1972 Summer OlympicsOlympic record 21.03 m September 7, 1972 Munich, West Germany

Results All throwers reaching and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are listen in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying Rank Name Nationality Mark #1 #2 #3 1 Ivanka Khristova 19.20 19.20 p p 2 Marianne Adam 19.11 19.11 p p 3 Margitta Gummel 18.82 18.82 p p 4 Helena Fibingerová 18.66 18.66 p p 5 Nadezhda Chizhova 18.54 18.54 p p 6 Marita Lange 18.16 18.16 p p 7 Antonina Ivanova 17.87 17.87 p p 8 Radostina Vasekova 17.78 17.78 p p 9 Elena Stoyanova 17.70 17.70 p p 10 Ludwika Chewińska 17.40 17.40 p p 11 Esfir Dolzhenko 17.18 17.18 p p 12 Valentina Cioltan 16.85 16.85 p p 13 Judit Bognár 16.52 16.52 p p 14 Maren Seidler 16.18 15.63 16.05 16.18 15 Baeg Ok-Ja 15.78 x 15.78 x 16 Jan Svendsen 14.96 14.48 x 14.96 17 Rosa Molina 14.61 14.59 14.61 14.41 18 Nnenna Njoku 10.63 10.63 10.40 9.06

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Nadezhda Chizhova 21.03 WR 21.03 20.36 20.58 19.97 x x Margitta Gummel 20.22 18.46 18.83 19.55 20.22 19.53 x Ivanka Khristova 19.35 19.35 x 19.22 x 18.82 18.954 Esfir Dolzhenko 19.24 18.43 19.24 x 18.74 x x5Marianne Adam 18.94 18.75 x 18.58 18.94 18.91 18.716Marita Lange 18.85 x 18.46 18.29 18.85 18.38 18.71 7Helena Fibingerová 18.81 18.62 x x 18.59 18.81 x 8Elena Stoyanova 18.34 18.24 17.75 18.34 x 17.55 x 9Antonina Ivanova 18.28 18.28 17.99 17.98 10 Ludwika Chewińska 18.24 17.71 18.24 17.7311 Judit Bognár 18.23 17.93 17.97 18.23 12 Radostina Vasekova 17.86 17.86 17.48 17.52 13Valentina Cioltan 16.62 16.37 16.62 x Key: WR = world record; p = pass; x = fault

References

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